Metabolix wins federal grant to develop biodegradable resins
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (October 11, 2009) -- Bioplastics maker Metabolix has received a $350,000 federal grant that will be used to develop new, biodegradable resins for blow-molded bottles. The U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Co-operative State, Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) is providing the grant to Cambridge, Mass.-based Metabolix.
California's EnVino finding success with PET wine bottles
BURLINGAME, CALIF. (August 18, 2009) -- A joint venture between a plastic bottle maker and thermoforming packaging manufacturer is making an aggressive push to penetrate the wine industry with
plastics. With clear bottles for whites and green-hued bottles for reds, the bottles come in three sizes: 187 milliliter, the industry standard 750 milliliter, and 1 liter.
US sets duties on plastic bags from Thailand
WASHINGTON (August 11, 2009) -- In a preliminary ruling, the U.S. Commerce Department has levied the highest possible anti-dumping duty of 122.88 percent on plastic bags exported to the U.S. by Master
Packaging Co. Ltd. of Bangkok, Thailand. The agency said the company did not respond to the agency’s request for information.
U.S. sets duties on plastic bags from China
WASHINGTON (August 4, 2009) — Plastic bags from Zhongshan, Guangdong-based Rally Plastics Co. Ltd. that were exported to the U.S. between August 2007 and July 2008 may be levied anti-dumping duties
of 17.95 percent, according to a preliminary decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
China's beverage industry increases packaging demand
SHANGHAI (August 4, 2009) -- Despite upheaval in global markets and a sharp drop in exports, China's domestic beverage industry is bubbling. Consumers are drinking more soft drinks and downing iced
green teas, driving up demand for plastic beverage containers.
Polyplex sees film growth in China, SE Asia
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Sipa to launch its first integrated bottling line
VITTORIO VENETO, ITALY (July 28, 2009) -- Sipa will launch the Sincro Triblco bottler, which integrates bottle production, labelling, filling and sealing, at the Drinktec trade show later this year in
Germany. Sipa claims that the new bottler offers advantages over other machines on the market, as it can be set to handle different bottle sizes without the need to change any mechanical element.
US renewing antidumping duties on Asian plastic bags
WASHINGTON (July 14, 2009) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce is conducting an annual administrative review of a 2004 antidumping order on imports of plastic grocery and shopping bags from Malaysia,
China and Thailand. The agency will announce its preliminary ruling on whether to continue existing antidumping duties bags imported from China on July 22.
Thailand’s Polyplex selective about global expansion
BANGKOK (July 14, 2009) -- Film manufacturer Polyplex (Thailand) Public Co. Ltd. has put on hold US$70 million (478.06 million yuan) worth of projects due to uncertain market conditions. However,
US$36.64 million (250.19 million yuan) in projects remain underway.
China’s manufacturers mull ways to boost industry
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Sacmi demonstrates Compression Blow Forming
CHICAGO (June 26, 2009) -- Italian machinery group Sacmi Imola S.C. demonstrates its Compression Blow Forming (CBF) technology for production of small blow molded containers for the first time in
North America on its booth at NPE.
Taiwan's Jenn Chong to double capacity
CHICAGO (June 25, 2009) -- Taiwanese equipment maker Jenn Chong Plastics Machinery Works Co. Ltd. showed a blown film line at NPE that was bound for a Canadian customer. The Tai Pao, Taiwan-based
company also plans to add another 43,000 square feet to its existing facility, giving it about 75,000 square feet, as demand for its film extruders, monofilament extruders and strapping machines
grows.
U.S. machinery shipments plunged in fourth quarter
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 23, 2009) -- The U.S. plastics equipment market suffered an across-the-board decline in 2008 that hit all sectors of injection presses, extruders, blow molders, auxiliaries and
screws and barrels, according to a year-end report from the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc.
PTI develops system for making foamed PET bottles
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Milacron announces definitive sale agreement
BATAVIA, OHIO (May 12, 2009) -- Milacron Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of its assets for about US$175 million (1.19 billion yuan). The deal is
still subject to approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Cincinnati, Ohio, and to potential bids from competing parties.
SPI stimulus brings Nissei back to NPE
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 24, 2009) -- In light of current economic conditions, the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. (SPI) has put in place what it calls an “economic stimulus” of financial
incentives designed to lower the overall cost of exhibiting at NPE2009 and to prevent exhibitors from incurring unexpected move-in and move-out costs. The offer already has succeeded in getting
Japanese injection press supplier Nissei Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd. to reverse its recent decision to drop out of the show.
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Plastics News' extensive coverage of NPE2009, North America's largest plastics trade show, included 17 news videos
shot on-site in Chicago. View the English-language clips here.
